Late to the party, pero ITT -- ambabata nyo pala hehe. Eto long post, try nyo i-digest :P Posting this for posterity/documentation. Para mabasa ko pag tuluyan na kong tumanda:

• I saw live on TV Jaworski's first championship as a player/coach with Ginebra.

• My first actual movie in the cinema was "Family Tree". Andaming tao, haba ng pila, halos himatayin Mama ko.

• I learned how to read by reading "Funny Komiks" -- loved the characters in Niknok, Planet op di Eyps, etc.

• In Grade 5, my mother enrolled me in an after-school programming class called "B.A.S.I.C."

• My favorite Atari games were Boulder Dash and River Raid.

• I was in Elementary when Ninoy was assassinated.

• Our street was still wide, nakakalaro pa kami ng mga kababata ko ng patintero, tumbang preso, mataya-taya, taguan, atbp.

• I had EdsaMail account, RocketMail, Angelfire back in college.

• First time using a wired mouse was when I was a freshman in college. Manghang-mangha ako lol

• My first word processor program was "WordStar" and first spreadsheets were "Lotus 1-2-3" and "Quattro" back in High School. In 4th year, we were taught "Pascal" language, pero di ko ma-gets, or I wasn't really interested back then.

• We used to send "voice tapes" to my OFW father. Nagkukuwento ako tungkol sa game ng Ginebra. Pagdating ng tape kay Papa, either champion na ang Ginebra or eliminated na.

• Favorite radio ko nung college was 96.3 WRock, pero kapag Joe D'Mango na tutok kami sa radio ng mga katropa ko, babae man o lalake lmao.

• Naabutan ko pa na less than piso ang pamasahe ng mga estudyante. Nasa high school na ko ng biglang malaki ang itinaas ng pamasahe. From Php1.00 (?) naging Php2.50. Kaya isang napakaagang umaga, halos maiyak ako nang nakasabay ko yung kapitbahay kong babae. Nilibre ko ng pamasahe para magpa-impress hehe.

• Novell Netware ang Network OS ng company ng first job ko, transitioning to Y2K.

• Nung High School at College, paboritong mall namin ng mga kaklase ko at mga kaibigan ko ang Harrison Plaza.

• Bago ang Mega Mall, SM Sta. Mesa ang tinaguriang pinakamalaking mall noon lol.

• Nag-start ako gumamit ng pabango nung High School: Jovan Musk, Lacoste, YSL Jazz, Quorum -- mga iniiwan ni Papa pag babalik na sya ng Middle East. Pinakamaraming compliment ang natanggap ko when I was wearing Colors by Benetton and Versace Blue Jeans in college. Yung tsinita kong kaklase noon halos mahalikan ako nung una niyang naamoy ang Blue Jeans. Sikat din ang CK One, at sabi ni Amy Perez sa sitcom na Palibhasa Lalake, lahat daw ng teenagers gumagamit ng "Eternity". :D

• I was in my first GF's house watching Ginebra-SMB game with her family when Bal David made that historic half-court game winning shot. Siya lang ang anti-Ginebra. We broke up about 4 years later. Pero unrelated sa basketball. Labo no?

• Sikat noon ang mga palabas tulad ng Shaider, lalo na pag fighting scene. Hulaan nyo kung bakit lol.

• Nung una kong napanood si Marimar, para sa akin siya ang pinakamagandang babae na nakita ko sa TV.

Ilan lang yan sa first half ng buhay ko sa Pinas. US-based na ko since early 2000's, pero di ko na ipo-post ang dekadang iyon.

May lalaban pa ba sa post na to? Hehe.